Synopsis
When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.
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Cast
- Robert Downey Jr.Tony Stark / Iron Man
- Chris HemsworthThor Odinson
- Mark RuffaloBruce Banner / Hulk
- Chris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain America
- Scarlett JohanssonNatasha Romanoff / Black Widow
- Jeremy RennerClint Barton / Hawkeye
- James SpaderUltron (voice)
- Paul BettanyJarvis / Vision
- Elizabeth OlsenWanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch
- Aaron Taylor-JohnsonPietro Maximoff / Quicksilver
Recommendations
- 83
Hitfix
This is a movie that is almost exhaustingly large-scale, and Ultron's ultimate plan involves a crazy visual idea that Whedon makes sort of beautiful and eerie. It's got so much action that I'm going to bet some audiences go numb after a while. But in scene after scene, there are beats and stunts and poses that suggest that an army of comic book fanatics worked on this movie. - 80
Empire
Bigger and, yes, darker than the first, this is less air-punchingly gleeful but probably more consistent. Thanks to Whedon and the most charismatic, compelling cast you’ll find anywhere, Age of Ultron redefines the scale we can expect from our superhero epics but still fits human-sized emotion amid the bombast. - 80
Variety
The new movie is a sleeker, faster, funnier piece of work — the sort of sequel (like “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,” “Superman II” and “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” before it) that shrugs off the self-seriousness of its predecessor and fully embraces its inner Saturday-morning serial. - 80
The Guardian
It’s all operatically mad, and the city-destroying final confrontation is becoming a bit familiar, but Whedon carries it off with such joy and even a kind of evangelism. - 80
Total Film
Part horror, part love story, part morality tale, Age Of Ultron is a smart superhero smackdown that raises the bar once more. - 80
The Telegraph
It’s the interplay between the film’s many different characters, rather than the blow-up-the-world crisis they’re trying to defuse, that keeps you on the edge of your seat. - 75
TheWrap
It may well be that we’ll eventually stop looking at these Marvel films as discrete, individual experiences rather than chapters in an epic binge-watch, but even by those standards, Avengers: Age of Ultron feels like a solid but overstuffed episode, one more concerned with being connective tissue than anything else. - 70
Screen Daily
Whedon and his large, capable cast (even larger for this follow-up) deliver enough adventure, laughs and flat-out spectacle to ensure that audiences will feel as if they have gotten their money’s worth, especially when Ultron zeroes in on the quiet humanity beneath the special effects.
